The Leonard Lopate Show
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
On today's show, a human rights journalist describes the two years she spent documenting the lives of refugees around the world. Then, a new documentary tells the story of three Cambodian-American adults who were deported for crimes they committed as teenagers. Plus, a new novel imagines the life of a political radical who’s been in hiding since the 1970s. And Norman Mailer and his son John Buffalo Mailer compare notes on politics, sex, and morality.
Human Cargo
On this week's edition of Underreported: survival stories from the world’s refugees. In Human Cargo, Caroline Moorehead describes the living conditions she encountered while traveling among refugees for two years. Worldwide, 17 million people are living in limbo. We'll find out why, for many, escaping genocide, political persecution, and sexual violence is only half the battle.
Sentenced Home
"Sentenced Home," a new documentary, examines immigration law through the eyes of three Cambodian-American men. These three men came to America as children when their families fled from the Khmer Rouge. And each committed crimes as teenagers while growing up in projects near Seattle. Now, as adults, they're being deported for those crimes. We'll talk to filmmaker Nicole Newnham, Assistant Federal Public Defender Jay Stansell, and Many Uch--one of the men facing deportation.
Eat the Document
Dana Spiotta's new novel, Eat the Document imagines the life of a woman whose radical politics led to a series of Viet Nam War protests that forced her into hiding for 25 years.
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